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Pronunciation: /pleurectomy*/

pleurectomy

Definition

Surgery to remove part of the pleura (a thin layer of tissue that covers the interior wall of the chest cavity).

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central nervous system depressant

papillary renal cell carcinoma

controlled study

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor

EFS

somatic cell

optimism

stage II Wilms tumor

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imipenem-cilastatin-relebactam

autologous iC9-deltaNGFR-CD19CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing T lymphocytes

TransMID

adenosine A2B receptor antagonist TT-702

IMREG-1

Selzentry

tyrosine kinase inhibitor TL-895

Akten

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phenocopy

inherited cancer syndrome

sporadic cancer

trisomy

genodermatosis

genotype

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

germline DNA

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